This piece of soft maple came from the childhood home of a good friend of mine that is a potter. It is 11 1/2" W x 3 3/8" H. It is a piece of wood that came from one of the crouches of the tree and has some non-black line spalting. It also has a small bit of turquoise on the inside of the bowl and a larger area on the outside of the bowl. This is one of my favorite salad bowl turnings. C&C welcomed.

Just out of curiosity, do you ever make closed bowls, i.e. the rim is slightly smaller diameter than the side of the bowl? My experience a closed bowl is much better at keeping things in the bowl. Of course, the general public is so much more used to seeing open bowls. . .

Thanks everyone for the compliments. God has done a great job on the grain work. The finish is an oil finish that I dip my turnings in. It is an equal part of BLO, Danish Oil and WOP. After it drys for about four days, I Beall buff. In this case, since it is a salad bowl, I did not try to get a high gloss buff on it.